Pros

Cons

Obtuse mysteries.
Mediocre music.

Bottom Line

Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon is a worthy follow-up to one of the first great iOS games.

14 Oct 2015Jordan Minor

Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor was one of the first truly great iPhone games. When it was released in 2009, developers were still trying to figure out how to make games that not only played well with just a touch screen, but also made sense on a mobile phone. Spider's stealthy arachnid simulator delivered on both fronts. iPhone and iPad games have made significant improvements since then, so the long-awaited sequel Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon doesn't make quite the same splash. However, it is a worthy follow-up to the original and an excellent, Editors' Choice award-winning game in its own right.

Spiders, ManSpider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon further proves that spiders are secretly among the most-entertaining video game characters. Just look at all they can do! As in the first game, the goal is to earn as high a score a possible by eating as many insects as you can. You'll need to weave webs to catch your meals, and flicking your way to different spots of a room while leaving silver silk in your wake feels great on the iPad Air 2's big touch screen.

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Former PCMag intern Jordan Minor is a senior editor at sister site, Geek.com, and really just wants to use his fancy Northwestern University journalism degree to write about video games. He's previously written for Kotaku, The A.V. Club, Cards Against Humanity, and 148Apps. In his spare time, he also writes dumb screenplays that occasionally become dumb movies. Follow Jordan on Twitter at @JordanWMinor. See Full Bio